Movies that have an unusually unique premise

[SagaLore]

Ink
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Primer
Moulin Rouge

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Zero; every movie is utterly stolen.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

"Unusually unique"? There are no degrees of unique.

You're premise is virtually spotless.

 

[Oil]

Eraserhead

 

[BladeVenom]

Gattaca
Soylent Green
Planet of the Apes
Stepford Wives
To Die For
The Golden Compass
Immortel
Slaughterhouse 5
Secretary
City of Lost Children
Idiocracy

 

[UncleWai]

The happenings... oh the spooky wind is going to kill us all.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Freddy vs. Jason

 

[SandEagle]

batman - a guy dresses up as a bat
spiderman - a guy thinks he's a spider

 

[Fingolfin269]

spiderman - a guy thinks he's a spider

But he is!

 

[Exterous]

I think Brazil was the first movie to do their bit

 

[TheVrolok]

The premises of many movies in the OP were NOT EVEN CLOSE to "unique."

O Brother, Where Art Thou? -Allegory to Homer's Odyssey in Depression-era United States.

Agreed. Seems like "unusually unique" translates to "viewer thinks are cool." Some good suggestions for more "unique" movies, though.

 

[BladeVenom]

And The Island was a rip-off of The Clonus Horror.

 

[Possessed Freak]

12 Angry Men

 

[SagaLore]

Vanilla Sky
The Truman Show

 

[eplebnista]

Troll 2

 

[feralkid]

Momento

Uno momento, it was "Memento">

 

[BrokenVisage]

Uno momento, it was "Memento">

Plus I already said it in the OP.

 

[BornStar]

Avatar
Dances with Wolves
The Last Samurai

 

[gorcorps]

Avatar
Dances with Wolves
The Last Samurai

I get it

 

[TheVrolok]

Avatar
Dances with Wolves
The Last Samurai

Ferngully?

 

[BladeVenom]

Pocahontas.

 

[TecHNooB]

angel's egg

 

[BurnItDwn]

You want a unique premise ... hmmm ... how about ...

The Last Circus

Santa Sangre

 

[cubby1223]

Field of Dreams

 

[dank69]

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